--- a/whois/whois.py	Wed Aug 03 12:36:03 2016 +0000
+++ b/whois/whois.py	Wed Aug 03 17:17:41 2016 +0000
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
             s.close()
         except socket.error as socketerror:
             print('Socket Error:', socketerror)
-            return response
 
         nhost = None
         response = response.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')